Carla Loon Leader - Education Lawyer for Children

09/01/2026

Christina Hartman and Matthew Lange-Geise are looking for a special education school for their 10-year-old daughter. It could take years, experts say. See link below ⬇️

📸 Josh Morgan, USA TODAY

08/29/2026

He is accused of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old student on Aug. 26. Investigators said the incident was captured on surveillance video.

08/23/2026

New lawsuit cites my original reporting on Curriculum Associates' closed-loop evidence scam.

07/13/2026

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today launched a national K-12 initiative to crack down on sexual predators in schools.

07/07/2026

07/07/2026

A lawsuit filed July 1 against a former Lakota teacher and other members of the district claims teacher was able to use district technology and apps to groom, and later abuse, a student.

06/22/2026

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article316019214.html?giftCode=089ac297aa3777b8cab89def0ea60b8e1e56bf156fafdcfe31e920b6b0979416&fbclid=IwdGRjcASml0NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe2VQdcD7MlGb_5kanZtwfwrbed3kot9IePeryGxQ2CAbi2XdN8TFubZ75Ak0_aem_MsZFzA54GxnUpMid5079uQ

The Wake County school system has paid $2.2 million in legal settlements to families of special-education students since January 2025.

06/21/2026

🚨 They didn’t fail LifeWise’s background checks… They passed them.

That is the part every parent, school board member, and superintendent needs to pay attention to.
After SEA helped uncover that two former LifeWise employees and one volunteer had been connected to child-sex-crime cases, LifeWise responded with the same polished script:

-Student safety is our highest priority.
-There were zero reports involving LifeWise students.
-They passed background checks.
-Multiple adults are present.
-These things happen in youth-serving organizations.

But “they passed our background checks” is not the defense LifeWise thinks it is. It is the problem. Because SEA’s newest investigation shows LifeWise’s background-check story has shifted again and again when public scrutiny hits.

First, LifeWise materials pointed to Protect My Ministry. ➡️ Then, after SEA exposed Renee Beck’s history and the story went public, ProScreening appeared. ➡️
Then ProScreening disappeared from LifeWise’s FAQ. ➡️ Now, after more serious cases became public, LifeWise is pointing to ADP.

So what exactly are school boards and parents supposed to trust here?

A rotating vendor name?
A deleted FAQ?
A PR statement?

A private ministry saying “student safety is our top priority” while public school children are being released during the school day into its care?

A vendor name is not a child-safety policy and a deleted FAQ is not transparency.
“Trust us” is not oversight or an assurance.
And passing a LifeWise background check does not automatically mean someone passed the same screening required to work with children inside a public school.

🚨THAT is the entire issue.

LifeWise wants access to public school children during the school day. Districts should not be accepting slogans, reassurances, or rotating vendor names.

They should require proof.
Proof that LifeWise meets or exceeds the same safety standard as the adults inside the schools those children are leaving.

Because “we do background checks” is not enough. And if student safety is truly the priority, LifeWise should stop changing the cup and show the public what is underneath.

Read the investigation, then send it to your school board.

Full investigation in the comments. 👇